Courses & Units

Medicine Year 5 - 5A CAM524

Professional Experience Placement (PEP)

Students will be allocated PEP within individual health care agencies. Students must be available 5 days a week (40 hours) during the allocated PEP, and must be prepared to undertake a range of shifts – morning, evening and nightshift, which may include weekends, as per roster provided by the healthcare agency. Students may be expected to relocate and are expected to travel to where PEP is available. To be eligible to undertake PEP, all students must be ‘Verified’ as meeting College of Health and Medicine PEP Safety in Practice Compliance as per the Course Entry Requirements.

Students who cannot or do not comply with these requirements will not be allocated PEP and therefore will not be able to complete this unit.

PEP dates MAY differ from University of Tasmania calendar semester dates.

Grade

At the completion of CAM524 an IC (Interim Completion) grade is awarded because of the year long nature of some assessments. The result for year two (CAM524 and CAM525 combined) will be released at the end of semester two.

Introduction

This unit is an integrated Clinical Placement year. Students are placed in a range of clinical attachments. Student learning outcomes are organised to deliver the Australian Medical Council, AMC, medical student outcomes. This unit is integrated with the programme in the previous year of the course. Case based learning sessions will cover core clinical issues and will be delivered by a mixture of learning opportunities and will require a self-directed learning approach. The MBBS curriculum uses the AMC 4 domains as an organising principle under which the outcomes are assessed. The 4 domains are: Science and Scholarship (the medical graduate as scientist and scholar), Clinical Practice (the medical graduate as practitioner), Health and Society (the medical graduate as a health advocate) and Professionalism and Leadership (the medical graduate as a professional and leader). On completion of CAM524 students receive an IC (Interim Completion) result. The final result for this unit is granted on completion of CAM525. Note: Students are required to enrol concurrently in CAM524 and CAM525. In order for students to undertake Professional Experience Placements (PEPs), there are mandatory requirements to be completed before students can enter a PEP venue. These are outlined in the Safety in Practice Agreement (https://www.utas.edu.au/health/professional-experience-placement/safety-in-practice-requirements). The Safety in Practice Disclosures section requires the student to establish, with the University, their capacity to perform the mandatory functional requirements of the course in which they are enrolled. The Safety in Practice Agreement also requires the student to comply with the UTAS Behaviour Policy, agree to undertake a police (criminal record) check, working with vulnerable persons registration and provide evidence of their immunisation/vaccination status. Students enrolled in the Tasmanian School of Medicine are required to comply with these requirements prior to the allocation of, and participation in, professional experience placements (which includes community engagement activities) and clinical rotations in health care settings. Students who do not comply will not be placed or will be removed from placements and therefore will not meet the requirements of the unit. Further information is available at the College of Health and Medicine PEP website: http://www.utas.edu.au/health/professional-experience-placement Students who are unsure of the procedural guidelines should seek guidance from the Tasmanian School of Medicine.

Summary

Unit name Medicine Year 5 - 5A
Unit code CAM524
Credit points 50
College/School College of Health and Medicine
School of Medicine
Discipline Medicine
Coordinator Doctor Rohan Church
Delivered By University of Tasmania

Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Hobart Semester 1 (MBBS Years 3-5 only) On-Campus International Domestic
Launceston Semester 1 (MBBS Years 3-5 only) On-Campus International Domestic
Cradle Coast Semester 1 (MBBS Years 3-5 only) On-Campus International Domestic

Key

On-campus
Off-Campus
International students
Domestic students
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 1 (MBBS Years 3-5 only) 30/1/2023 28/2/2023 14/4/2023 25/6/2023

* The Final WW Date is the final date from which you can withdraw from the unit without academic penalty, however you will still incur a financial liability (refer to How do I withdraw from a unit? for more information).

Unit census dates currently displaying for 2023 are indicative and subject to change. Finalised census dates for 2023 will be available from the 1st October 2022. Note census date cutoff is 11.59pm AEST (AEDT during October to March).

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Learning Outcomes

  • Meet the learning objectives of each discipline as listed in the Year 5 Learning Outcomes.
  • Meet the learning objectives for Case-Based Learning as listed in the Year 5 Learning Outcomes.
  • Achieve satisfactory progression at Year 5 standard towards the AMC Medical Graduate Outcomes.
  • Achieve satisfactory progression at Year 5 standard towards the learning outcomes described in the University’s Graduate Quality Statement.

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
060199 $5,900.00 $5,900.00 not applicable $38,036.00

1 Please refer to more information on student contribution amounts.
2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
3 Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

If you have any questions in relation to the fees, please contact UConnect or more information is available on StudyAssist.

Please note: international students should refer to What is an indicative Fee? to get an indicative course cost.

Requisites

Prerequisites

CAM419 OR CAM432 OR CAM434 OR CAM436

Mutual Exclusions

You cannot enrol in this unit as well as the following:

CAM518

Teaching

Teaching Pattern

15 weeks of clinical attachment and 4 weeks of group learning at allocated clinical school.

AssessmentPortfolio|Written Long Case Report|Written reflection
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Textbooks

Required

Required readings will be listed in the unit outline prior to the start of classes.

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